The United States has always been a country of immigrants: I'm the daughter of one. I vehemently oppose Donald Trump's insistence on vilifying immigrants and criminalizing their very existence. Immigration is not just about the economy, it's about basic human rights and dignity. All people deserve to be able to come to a country where they are free from persecution and strife and we must create a country that reflects that ideal.

I want to be as clear as humanly possible: NO mass deportations, NO internment camps for immigrants, and NO backtracking on the best part of the American Experiment.

I support an immediate pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and other undocumented immigrants while also making legal immigration more accessible and convenient. Visa wait times and border quotas are in direct contrast with the American Dream that we were promised — and which we promised the rest of the world.

We often hear immigration phrased as a "migrant crisis" when in fact most people coming to the United States from abroad are not simply itinerant "migrants" but in fact refugees fleeing poverty, persecution, and political turmoil in their home countries. As your Congresswoman, I will introduce legislation to remove all caps on refugee resettlement in the United States and welcome in as many refugees as possible, as well as increase funding to support the communities they're in.